Ettore Sottsass, a "Max" bookcase, Memphis, Italy, post 1987.
Bird's eye maple, plastic laminate, acrylic, terrazzo, unit features two drawers and a drop-front bar, manufacturer's label MEMPHIS MILANO E. SOTTSASS 1987 MADE IN ITALY. Width 134 cm, depth 32 cm, height 225 cm.
This lot is being sold executive on behalf of the Swedish Enforcement Authority. Please note that the rules of the Distance Contracts Act do not apply to executive auctions, which means that the buyer has no right of withdrawal, as in clause 8.1 in the Conditions of Purchase.
Wear, marks, occassional scuffing/damage to the base.
Private Collection, Sweden. Read more about the Memphis Group – A private collection.
Designed in 1987.
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.
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